I mean stress is like an illness you know and it's like this black box we don't have a lot of

names for it we should probably instead of saying stress you should you like what like

Eskimos have like 20 words for snow we should probably you know it's have like you know there's like

financial stress and relationship stress and within relationships there's like

parent and you know partner and child and you know what I mean just all the

different qualities of stress.

Because everybody has some, you know, as you know, some is good.

But stress like persistently elevated cortisol,

you know, like with a lack of reciprocal or protective hormones like testosterone, estrogen, things like that, like literally

shreds the brain, like literally just like atrophy's parts of the brain.

You're listening to episode number 105 with Dr. Nate Bergman.

Welcome to Pursuing Health.

I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Cross-Vit Games athlete.

Here I bring to you information and inspiration from experts and everyday

individuals for how to use lifestyle to maximize health. Thank you so much for joining me.

Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Hello there and welcome back to pursuing health.

I've gotten to know Dr. Nate Bergman

through his work at the Cleveland Clinic's

Center for Functional Medicine, and I can't wait to share

this next conversation with you.

Before we get started, here's a little bit of background on Dr. Bergman.

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